Check List 8(5): 886-888, doi: 10.15560/8.5.886
Diptera, Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834: New records of Biting and Predaceous midges from Iberá wetlands, Argentina
expand article infoGustavo R. Spinelli, Pablo I. Marino§, Melina Mauad|
‡ Museo de La Plata Instituto de Limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet”, Argentina§ Museo de La Plata, Argentina| Instituto de Limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet”, Argentina
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Abstract
The first Argentina records of four species of biting and predaceous midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are provided from the Iberá wetlands in Corrientes Province: Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) unica Bystrak and Wirth, Echinohelea blantoni Wirth, Neobezzia fittkaui Wirth and Ratanaworabhan and Paryphoconus grandis Macfie. This is the first record of the predaceous midge genus, Echinohelea Macfie, from Argentina.
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